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Tagged Waived Testing

According to CMS, in 2012 there were 229,815 laboratories in the U.S., of which 150,256 were Certificate of Waiver sites. Stated another way, this means that some 65% of laboratories in the U.S. do not have...

There has been rapid innovation both in the range and complexity of diagnostic tests, and in laboratory test methods and techniques. Advances in diagnostic products make it possible to detect diseases early,...

Because surveying all waived sites is not feasible, the proposed actions to improve and promote quality testing in these sites emphasize the importance of training and competency for site directors and testing...

Laboratory professionals have long expressed concern about the quality of testing performed in waived laboratories since waived testing is exempt from federal requirements for personnel qualification and...

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA 88) created the concept of “waived tests” which are defined as tests that are so simple to perform, and produce accurate results so reliably as...

Waived testing is one of the fastest growing markets in clinical laboratory testing. Test systems which have been granted a waiver under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) have grown to...

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Laboratory testing is the bedrock of medical treatment, it is the foundation of health care that provides accurate results that allows the rest of the medical team to save a life. When a Doctor says, “We have to run some tests”….we are the ones that do those tests!”